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Sports digest: NHL proposes two-week break in negotiations

Associated Press

Posted:
11/15/2012 09:58:28 PM PST

Updated:
11/15/2012 09:58:30 PM PST

Negotiations had already hit a wall, and now the NHL has suggested the sides take an official two-week break before getting back to the bargaining table. Commissioner Gary Bettman floated the idea to players association executive director Donald Fehr.

"We don't have a negotiating partner that has any genuine interest in reaching an agreement," deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Thursday. "Zero interest."

The union wants to keep the bargaining going, despite how frustrating recent sessions have been.

"It's more likely we'll make progress if we meet than if we don't," union special counsel Steve Fehr said. "The players have offered the owners concessions worth about a billion dollars. What have the owners offered the players?" The lockout has already claimed 327 games.

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